Excerpt from the Blog by Late Dr. Rajendra Pachauri in October 2019:

“As part of the POP (Protect Our Planet) Movement, which was launched on Earth Day 2016 as a global not-for-profit initiative, the youth of the world can certainly carry out large scale advocacy for decisions that lead to reduction of greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide in particular. But, more importantly they can make their educational institutions and organizations to which they belong non-emitters of carbon dioxide. They could do a great deal by:
1) Reducing wastage of energy and increasing energy efficiency.
2) Using renewable sources such as photovoltaics where feasible.
3) Reducing all forms of waste such as single use plastic and conversion of food waste into biogas, and improving water use efficiency.
4) Reducing each individual’s carbon footprint including the manner in which youth use transport such as walking, cycling or using public transport.
We now need action and given the crisis we are facing the youth of the world must adopt and follow Mahatma Gandhi’s advocacy, “Be the change you want to see in the world”. And if we start now with dedication through collective action then surely the nations of the world would at least take effective action under COP 26 if not in COP 25.”
Full blog: https://worldsdf.org/blog/transformative-shift-to-deal-with-climate-change/